Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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