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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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