Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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