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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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