The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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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 the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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