Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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