Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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