The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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