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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Your brain is 80% water.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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