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 most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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