Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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 average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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