A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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