According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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