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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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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