Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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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.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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