Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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