Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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