One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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