Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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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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