Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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