A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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