If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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