Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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