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A single grain of sugar contains about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules.

The number of molecules you breathe in, in only one breath of air, is more than the number of grains of sand on the entire earth.

The green patina on the surface of the Statue of Liberty is a result of copper reacting with the atmosphere.

The element rubidium is so reactive that it will burst into violent flames when exposed to water and even spontaneously catch fire in air.

Ancient Greeks came up with the concept of the “atom” over 2,400 years ago.

Oxygen gas molecules on a warm day travel at an average speed of about 1,030 miles per hour—faster than a jet airplane.

Kevlar, a polymer, is a special kind of fiber that is fives times stronger than steel, and it is used to make body armor and sports equipment.

A study of one type of chocolate found that it has 57 different types of molecules all mixed up together.

Alfred Nobel, who founded the Nobel Prize to honor outstanding achievements in many fields, including chemistry, was the inventor of dynamite.