Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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