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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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