The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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