The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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