Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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