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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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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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