Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
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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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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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Coffee comes from an edible fruit. The coffee cherry is sweet and tastes like watermelon, rosewater, and hibiscus all at once.
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The strangers in your dreams are actually people that you've seen in real life.
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When withdrawing money from an ATM, the 'whirring' sound before your money pops out is actually a recording. The actual mechanism is so far back that you can't hear it.
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