A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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