All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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