Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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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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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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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