The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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