Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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