4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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