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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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