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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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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