Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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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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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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