Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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.
10
The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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