The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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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