Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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