The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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