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 Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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