No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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