Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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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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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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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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