Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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