Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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