Brain-computer interfaces can now allow paralyzed people to type at 90 words per minute using thought alone.

The Michelson-Morley experiment influenced Einstein's theory of relativity.

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Quantum particles can influence each other instantly across distance.

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The smallpox vaccine led to the global eradication of smallpox.

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Nothing can travel faster than light in a vacuum.

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

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Lightning can heat the air it passes through to temperatures hotter than the surface of the Sun.

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Some metals explode when they touch water.

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

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