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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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