Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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