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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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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