Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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