The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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