Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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