Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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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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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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