Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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