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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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