The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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