The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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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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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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