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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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