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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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