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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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