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It only takes 150 IQ points to be a genius.

Episode 1x09 - “The Beast In Me”

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Empirical data from several sources provide strong, converging lines of evidence that indicated there is some degree of genetic predisposition for crime!

Episode 1x09 - “The Beast In Me”

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Monet used to paint the same thing over and over. You know, sat in the same place day after day painting the same view.

Episode 1x09 - "The Beast In Me"

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Episode 1x09 - "The Beast In Me"

Frost: Woah, check this out. [Pulls out sketch pad of elaborate pencil designs] Our victim was an artist. Looks like they've been done by a computer.

Maura: No, they're by hand. This may be evidence of a very high IQ.

Jane: How much more evidence would you need?

Marua: Extensive use of polyhedra. [Korsak and Jane look at her] ...Geometric signs of three dimensions with flat faces and straight edges.

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Episode 1x09 - "The Beast In Me"

Jane: There's no fingerprint on the vehicle - not even on the door handle.

Marua: He had none to leave.

Jane: What?

Maura: Burn scars consistent with acid exposure.

Jane: Ouch.

Maura: It's deliberate. Excruciatingly painful process. There are 250 nerve receptors per square centimeter in fingertips.

Jane: So it would feel like a bazillion paper cuts.

Maura: No, scoring the skin is the initial process. The additional pain would feel like each cut was being pulled apart by a pair of tweezers doused with acid.

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I remember this research from Columbia University. Using a series of algorithms, you can do corneal imaging. See, the cornea is like a mirrored bowl.

Episode 1x08 - “I’m Your Boogie Man”

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Episode 1x08 - "I'm Your Boogie Man"

Jane: Maura, what is Frankie's face doing?

Maura: Movement of the outer orbicularis oculi pars lateralis...he's happy!

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50/50 cotton-polyester blend fabric shows every wrinkle after a lot of use.

Episode 1x08 - "I'm Your Boogie Man"

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Dennis Rainear got hit by a stray in 1978. He ran the last 16 miles of the Grand Valley Marathon with a bullet lodged in his head.

Episode 1x07 - "Born to Run"

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The bullet must have hit his heart. That explains why the blood rushed when I compressed his chest.

Episode 1x07 - "Born to Run"

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Did you know that a 28,000-year-old stone phallus was recently found in a German cave? The Ice Age men were using it for knapping flints.

Episode 1x06 - "I Kissed a Girl"

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Did you know that sex releases immunoglobulin A? It wards off colds.

Episode 1x06 - "I Kissed a Girl"

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'Merch:' it means 'girl' in Welsh.

Episode 1x06 - "I Kissed a Girl"

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Teepees are generally constructed from bull hides.

Episode 1x06 - "I Kissed a Girl"

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It's a glucose management system, insulin pump. She had diabetes.

Episode 1x06 - "I Kissed a Girl"

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Leagues: across the ocean, not depth.

Episode 1x05 - "Money For Nothing"

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Kundalini is sacred energy work, pilau is a savory rice dish, and I'm pretty sure that you made up that last word.

Episode 1x05 - "Money For Nothing"