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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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