Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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