The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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