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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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