Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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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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