One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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