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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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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