Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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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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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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