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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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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The world's tallest snowman was created in Bethel, Maine in 2008. It measured in at 122 feet / 1 inch and weighed 13,000,000 lbs.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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