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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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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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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 third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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