Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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