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    Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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    The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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    A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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    Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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    Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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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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