Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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 single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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