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    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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    Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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    A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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    The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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    Scientists Recreate Conversations Held Behind Soundproof Glass by Recording Vibrations on Chip Bag
    Scientists have been able to recreate conversations that were held behind a soundproof glass wall by recording the vibrations seen on a potato chip bag.
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    MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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    Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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