The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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