Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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