Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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