Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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 Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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