The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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