If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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