Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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