Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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