Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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