At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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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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