Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
134
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
68
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
68
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.
10
When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
199