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1 gram of activated charcoal has a surface area of over 3,000 m²

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What car has most comfortable front seats?

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There is a rare type of very hard wood called ‘Lignum Vitae’. It’s so hard that it was used to make propeller shaft bearings for nuclear submarines.

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On Feb 25, 1896, Nikola Tesla patented Alternating Motor.

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The Clearest Image of Venus's Surface, By a Lander that Melted After 2 Hours.

On March 1, 1982, the Soviet spacecraft Venera 13 landed on the fiery surface of Venus and sent back the clearest images we’ve ever received from that hellish world.

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Life tip: Need to divide something fairly between 2 kids? Let one kid make the split and let the other kid choose the partition.

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If engineers are wrong, things explode.

That’s why we double-check.

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Space fact:

If you were driving at 75 miles per hour (121 kmh), it would take 258 days to drive around one of Saturn’s rings.

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Life tip: Buy yourself a fire extinguisher. It's better to have something you don't need than to need something you don't have.

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Imagine using AI supercomputers to understand what dogs and cats are saying — instead of putting everyone in a bikini.

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A negative thinker has many problems to one solution.

A positive thinker has many solutions to one problem.

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NASA's Voyager 1 space probe was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2.

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Scientists renamed 27 human genes in 2020 because Microsoft Excel kept auto-converting their names into dates, causing widespread errors in published genetic research.

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Adapter for threaded rivets

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When you look at the sun, you see how it appeared 8.5 minutes ago.

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Marriage logic map

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Life tip: Remove the batteries from electronics, toys, etc. before storing them away. The batteries may corrode the terminals rendering the item useless in the future.

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When jumpstarting a car, you should connect the negative clamp to an unpainted part of the engine block rather than the negative battery post on the dead car.

Otherwise if a spark occured it could ignite the hydrogen gas emitted by the lead acid battery.

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Thread rivet nut

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Supercooled water 🧊

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How old were you when you found out that nuclear reactors are just fancy steam engines?

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i don't need it but i want it

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Button cell battery names are actually codes include the chemistry, shape, diameter and thickness.

CR2032 is C lithium, R round, 20mm diamter, 3.2mm thick

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40 years before Google Maps, you called people who looked at maps

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Nut zipper drill attachment

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Life tip: if you’re trying to focus on studying listen to videogame music. It’s designed to be background noise while you focus your attention on other tasks.

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And what is your superpower? 😃

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Useful tip

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