0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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