Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
56
0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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.
5
The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
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.
10
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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