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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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