The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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