The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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