A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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