The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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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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Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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