The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
181
A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
31
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.
15
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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