At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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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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