The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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