Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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 have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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