MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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