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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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