The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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