Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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 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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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