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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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