The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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