MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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