Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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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 aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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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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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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