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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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