Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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