Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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