Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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