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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
71
Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
50
No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
107
Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
57
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
15
The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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