Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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