Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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