The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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