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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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