In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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