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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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