The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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 left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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