The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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