Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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