Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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