Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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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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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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