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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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