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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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