Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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