Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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