Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
57
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
16
All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
51
Your brain is 80% water.
525
One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
78
Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
46
The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
108
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.
15