Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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