The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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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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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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