During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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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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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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