The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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