The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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