One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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