A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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