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Isaac Newton's work on gravity was partly inspired by an apple falling from a tree, but there's no evidence he was bonked on the head by it. elaborate share

Geology

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The largest known single crystal is a beryl crystal found in New Hampshire, measuring over 18 feet long. elaborate share

Citizen Science

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Citizen science projects have helped discover new planets orbiting distant stars. elaborate share

STEM

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The first computer bug was a real bug—a moth found trapped in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer in 1947. elaborate share

Astronomy

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There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth. elaborate share

Carl Sagan

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Carl Sagan's ashes are entombed in a small, Urn-shaped container which also holds a sample of soil from Mars. elaborate share