Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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 hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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