The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
73
The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
56
Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
89
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.
10
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
310
Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
101