Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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