Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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