Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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