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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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