Your odds of being born have been estimated at about 1 in 400 trillion.

The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming revolutionized medicine.

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CRISPR technology allows targeted gene editing.

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The fossil record is incomplete but still informative.

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The stegosaurus had a brain about the size of a walnut.

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In 1924, a scientist attempted to transmit sound to plants to study their response.

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The Stroop effect demonstrates how conflicting information can slow reaction time.

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There are more possible shuffles of a deck of cards than seconds since Earth formed.

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The Late Cretaceous period featured diverse dinosaur species.

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