Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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