German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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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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