Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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