Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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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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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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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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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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