Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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