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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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