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 bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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