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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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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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