The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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