Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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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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