Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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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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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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