Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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