Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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