A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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