Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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