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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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