Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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