Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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