The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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