Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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