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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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