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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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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