The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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