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 inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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