Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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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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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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