Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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