Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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