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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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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