A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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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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