A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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