There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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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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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle was 167.04 mph by Fred Rompelberg in 1995.
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