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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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