In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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