Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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