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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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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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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