The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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