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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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    A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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    Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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