One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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