The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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