Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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