The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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