One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
46
If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
67
Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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.
15
Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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