Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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