If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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