There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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