Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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