In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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