A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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