Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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