Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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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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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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