The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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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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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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