One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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