Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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