MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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