One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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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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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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