Forensic scientist Edward Jarman found the stain after two days of work with a microscope.

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The result, after several days, was a sludgy brown stain at the bottom of the reaction vessel a stain that proved to contain amino acids.

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The tiny stain measured 0.5mm x 0.25mm and was only uncovered after the jacket had been examined with a microscope.

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Then once I find a color, barely an hour after I apply it, I'm haunted by the ghost of lipstick past, a Kool-Aid stain less appealing than my bare lips.

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