The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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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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