There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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