The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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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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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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