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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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