One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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