A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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