Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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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 Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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