The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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