Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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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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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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