Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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