The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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