Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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