At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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