Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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 hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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