Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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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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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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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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