Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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 bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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