The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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 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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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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