A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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