Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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