Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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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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