The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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