Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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