The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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