Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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