Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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