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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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