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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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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