No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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