Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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