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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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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