One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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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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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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