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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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