Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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