Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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