One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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