Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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