Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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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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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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