At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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