One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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