The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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