The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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