Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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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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