The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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