Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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 gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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