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 at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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