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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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