At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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