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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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