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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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