The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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.
10
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
65
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
15
Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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