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 bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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