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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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