MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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