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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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