Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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