Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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