According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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