Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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