At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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