A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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