Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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