The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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