Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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