The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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