The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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