A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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 gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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