Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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