Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
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.
10
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
13
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
14
Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
312
Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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