It's funny how simple facts and simple truth can be at times incredibly surprising, and rival what we think we know about our world. But the more we read scientific facts, the more there is to know. Here are some of our favorite inteeresting and surprising facts: |
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10 Fascinating Facts About the Subconscious Mind
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Is There Any Way To Destroy or Deflect Asteroids?
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24 Confusing Optical Illusions Explained - Fascinating!
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17 Experiments That Produced Very Bizarre Results...
Take a look at this collection of photos showing how common people performed some fascinating accidental scientific experiments.
Fascinating Science: How Old Can We Actually Get?
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15 Frightening Animals Early Humans Had to Live With
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6 Fascinating Stories of Accidental Medical Discoveries
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20 Incredible Inventions That We Have Completely Lost
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11 Technologies to Potentially Achieving Immortality
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10 New Things We've Learned About The Brain
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New Study: There is a Sure Way to Slow Aging
This new study confirms what has long been suspected: The less calories we consume, the slower we age.
Incredible New Bionic Arm Fuses With Woman's Nerves
Karin's bionic hand is real sci fi, making her one of the first true cyborgs.
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12 Earliest Versions of Tech Inventions We Use Every Day
Witness the evolution of 11 popular devices we use all the time by looking at how they all started...
Thought Nature is Wild? See It Under a Microscope
You won't believe the things you could discover by looking at everyday items under a microscope.
What is Your Consciousness? A Remarkable Video...
This video by Ted-ed searches to explain the origin of consciousness as well as what is consciousness.
25 Feats of Engineering that Leave Everyone Amazed
The amount of planning and sheer brain power it took to design and execute these structures, proving once again that there are true geniuses out there.
This Humanoid Robot May Join the Workforce Very Soon...
Meet Digit – a bipedal robot that's ready to join human workers at warehouses around the world as early as 2024.
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