The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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