A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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