The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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