The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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