Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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