Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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