If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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