Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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