Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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