Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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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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