A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the 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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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