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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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