The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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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