A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
38
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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