At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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