For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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