At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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