There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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