Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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Mangoes enhance a marijuana high, allowing users to get ‘higher’ more effectively.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The Gate Tower Building skyscraper in Japan has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.
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Service dogs are trained to know when they are on duty. When their harness is on, they know they are at work. When you take it off they instantly become playful and energetic.
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