Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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