The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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