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The youngest Nobel laureate was 17

Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, making her the youngest laureate.

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The oldest laureate so far is John B. Goodenough, who received the Chemistry Prize in 2019 at age 97 for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

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A 25-year-old shared a Nobel Prize with his father

Lawrence Bragg was 25 when he was awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics together with his father.

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The concrete in Hoover Dam and its works would pave a highway 16 feet wide from San Francisco to New York City.

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The Gateway Arch is as wide as it is tall

The Gateway Arch is 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide from one outer leg to the other.

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