In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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