Potassium reacts violently with water — it skids across the surface and catches fire.

Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.

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The LIGO experiment detected gravitational waves predicted by Einstein.

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There are more possible shuffles of a deck of cards than seconds since Earth formed.

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The development of organ transplantation extended human lifespan.

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In 2012, scientists confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson.

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Gorillas share over 95 percent of their DNA with humans.

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The vaccination syringe improved medical delivery methods.

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Gravitational waves were detected a century after Einstein predicted them.

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