MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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