Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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