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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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