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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According to official documents, Luo Meizhen was born in 1885, which would make her 127 years old when she died in 2013 and the oldest person ever to have lived.
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It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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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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