The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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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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