Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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