Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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