Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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