The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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