The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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