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A kosher Torah scroll is handwritten by a scribe - all 304,805 letters

Every synagogue Torah is copied by hand to exacting rules; a single wrong letter can render the whole scroll unfit for use.

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Nature & Animals Evolution

Birds are living dinosaurs

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Earth & Climate Weather & Climate

Lightning is hotter than the Sun's surface

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Science Chemistry

Diamonds and pencil lead are made of exactly the same element

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Human Body & Mind Anatomy

Lost inner-ear hair cells never grow back

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Science Mathematics

It takes just 23 people for a shared birthday to be likely

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Science Materials

Aerogel is almost entirely air, yet it can stop a comet particle

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