The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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