0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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