If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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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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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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