One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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