Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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