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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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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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