The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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