The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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