Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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