The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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