There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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