Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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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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