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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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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