Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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