A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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 brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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