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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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