Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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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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