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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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