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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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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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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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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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