Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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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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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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