The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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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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