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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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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