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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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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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