In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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 gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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