In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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