Your brain is 80% water.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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