The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

Neanderthal cranial capacity is thought to have been as large as that of modern humans, perhaps larger, indicating that their brain size may have been comparable, or larger, as well. In 2008, a group of scientists created a study using three-dimensional computer-assisted reconstructions of Neanderthal infants based on fossils found in Russia and Syria. The study showed Neanderthal and modern human brains were the same size at birth, but by adulthood, the Neanderthal brain was larger than the modern human brain. They were much stronger than modern humans, having particularly strong arms and hands. Males stood 164–168 cm (65–66 in) and females about 152–156 cm (60–61 in) tall.

In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome

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The Eiffel Tower has been the inspiration for the creation of over 30 duplicates and similar towers around the world.

The Eiffel Tower was the inspiration for the Blackpool Tower in Blackpool, England. After visiting the Great Paris Exhibition in 1889, the town's mayor John Bickerstaffe commissioned the building of the tower, which has a very similar design and was completed 1894. The main differences are that the Blackpool Tower is approximately half the height of the Eiffel Tower and is not freestanding, the base being contained within buildings which house the Tower Circus. Both the Eiffel Tower and Blackpool Tower feature on the list of the World Federation of Great Towers.

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The risk of cardiovascular disease is twice as high in women that snore regularly compared to women who do not snore.

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Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange

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On average, Americans eat one hundred acres of pizza a day. This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per second

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There are one million ants for every human in the world.

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At birth, a panda bear is smaller than a mouse.

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All the platinum ever mined would fit into an average-sized living-room!

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The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

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All the termites in the world weight ten times more than than all the humans in the world.

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Pound for Pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars!

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In China, people eat a bar of chocolate for every 1,000 chocolate bars eaten by the British

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The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose

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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.

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Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do

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China has more English speakers than the United States

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Hubble telescope is eco-friendly:

It takes the Hubble telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivilent amount of energy as 30 household light bulbs to complete an orbit.

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Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.

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You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

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