A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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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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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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