Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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