Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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