Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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 you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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