Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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