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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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