Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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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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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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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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