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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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