Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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