One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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