Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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