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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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