Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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