Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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