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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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