According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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