Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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