Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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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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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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