The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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