Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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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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