Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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