Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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