The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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