MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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