The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
173
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
16
The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
33
In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
39
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
43
The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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