Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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