The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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