There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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 inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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