Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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