Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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