A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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