Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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