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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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