Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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