The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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