A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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