There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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