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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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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