The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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