Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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