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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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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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