The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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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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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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