Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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