The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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