The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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