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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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