The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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