Grapes will explode if you microwave them, producing a brief plasma arc.

Many coins are made of precious metals such as gold and silver which makes their value higher than face value.

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The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming revolutionized medicine.

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Nothing can travel faster than light in a vacuum.

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The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve describes memory decay over time.

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X-rays were discovered in 1895 and transformed medical imaging.

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Dark matter is believed to make up most of the universe’s mass but has not been directly observed.

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Electric currents generate magnetic fields.

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The Manhattan Project required enormous scientific collaboration.

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