Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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