Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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