Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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