Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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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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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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