MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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