Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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