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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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 average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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