A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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