In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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