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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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