The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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