One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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