Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every 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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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