A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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