Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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