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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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