Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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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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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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