Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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