In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Your brain is 80% water.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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