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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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