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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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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