Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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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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