The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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