The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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