Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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