Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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