Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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 aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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