Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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