Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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