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 most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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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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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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