Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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