A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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