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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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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