The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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