Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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