Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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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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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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