A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
57
A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
43
The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
16
One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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