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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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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