Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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