If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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