Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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