Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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