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 speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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