A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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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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