Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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