The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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