Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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