Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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