The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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