The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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