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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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    In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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    Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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    Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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    In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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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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