Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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