0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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 force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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