Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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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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