The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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