A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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