Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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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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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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