Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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