Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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