Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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