If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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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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