4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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