The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Your brain is 80% water.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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