Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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