Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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