Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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