There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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