Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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 bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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