Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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