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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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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The Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
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An African Baobab tree in South Africa, known as Big Baobab, has a circumference of 154 feet and even has a bar inside the trunk that can fit 60 people.
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