Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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