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 have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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