The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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