Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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