Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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