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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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