There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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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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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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