The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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