Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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