The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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