The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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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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