A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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