The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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 hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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