Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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