The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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