Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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