Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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