Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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