During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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