Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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