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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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    One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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    In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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    Your brain is 80% water.
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    For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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