Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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