The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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