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    There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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    Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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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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    Scientists Trained Fish to Walk on Land
    Scientists trained a group of fish to walk on land and, over a period of 8 months, their body shape adapted to the terrestrial lifestyle.
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    Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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