A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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