One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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