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Only one satellite has been ever been destroyed by a meteor: the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
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The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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Plutonium - first weighed on August 20th, 1942, by University of Chicago scientists Glenn Seaborg and his colleagues - was the first man-made element.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
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A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
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Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
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Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
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The 'pound' key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
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The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the 'General Purpose' vehicle, G.P.
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On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.
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Gorillas sleep as much as fourteen hours per day.
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Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
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A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.
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In 'Casablanca', Humphrey Bogart never said 'Play it again, Sam'.
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It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
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A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
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