Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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