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 gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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