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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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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