A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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