A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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