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    Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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    Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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    One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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    Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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    The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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    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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    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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    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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