Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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 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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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