A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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