Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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