MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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