Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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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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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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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