Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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