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    The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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    If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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    There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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    One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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    In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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