Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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