Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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