One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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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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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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