Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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