Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Your brain is 80% 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 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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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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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