Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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