If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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