Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
13
The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
20
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
41
One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
20
No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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