At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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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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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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