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The Manchineel - World’s Most Dangerous Tree

M anchineel is native to Florida in the United States, and the Caribbean coast. It holds the Guinness record for the world's most dangerous tree. It is extremely toxic; every part of it is poisonous. Its leaves, branches and bark secrete a highly toxic white creamy sap that causes burning, skin irritation. You don't actually have to touch it to be harmed. Even a single drop of rain, which has touched the Manchineel, can cause severe burns and blisters on the skin and even blindness can occur if it touches a person´s eye.

Why Do Boys Get More Pimples Than Girls?

T his is because the real cause of pimples is hormonal. So it is a problem that affects adolescents. Adolescents, a stage of life in which hormone production runs wild. At this stage of development, the body begins to produce more androgens. These hormones, among other things, stimulate the sebaceous glands at the root of the hair follicles; they secrete more sebum an oily or waxy matter, to lubricate and waterproof the skin. Which emerges through the pores of the epidermis. But they do it in such quantities and so quickly that the pore is clogged.

Harold McCluskey : The Atomic Man

H arold McCluskey was a chemical operations technician at the Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant. On August 30, 1976, McCluskey was exposed to 500 times the occupational standard for americium-241 as the consequence of an explosion and embedding radioactive americium (Americium is an artificially produced element) in his skull, turning him into the Atomic Man. He was exposed to the largest amount of radioactive americium ever recorded.

The Largest Ransom Ever Paid To a Single Individual

L argest ransom ever paid was in 1532 when the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca Emperor Atahualpa. Atahualpa was held for eight months during which Pizarro extracted the largest ransom in return for a promise to free the Inca emperor. A promise he did not keep as he executed the emperor after being paid the ransom, in a ridiculous trial. The ransom was enough gold & silver to fill a room 22 feet long by 17 feet wide to a height of over 8 feet. It is difficult to specify how much they paid. However, it is recognized as the highest ransom paid in the history of mankind.

How Much Radiation Is In A Single Banana? Is it safe to Eat?

B ananas are an astounding source of potassium and sugar. This popular fruit certainly has its own energy .... Nuclear! There is very little Potassium 40, more than enough to make the banana is radioactive. The normal banana contains at least 0.1 micro sieverts (0.1 μSv) of radiation. You get more radiation from eating a single banana than living within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant for a year. Interestingly, there is even “Banana equivalent dose” (BED) to measure small radiation leaks that occur in nuclear power plants.

This Man Turned Himself into a Publicly Owned Company

M ike Merrill began to engage in his oddly brilliant idea when he was 30 years old back in 2008. At first, he put up for online auction 100,000 shares of himself at the price of $1 a share. The investors were also purchasing into the profits he made outside of his day job as a customer service representative. Initially, he was able to sell 929 shares to his companions. This began to catch the attention from social networks; he starts selling more shares via online auction. 

Unbelievable Multiple Gunshot Suicide

M ultiple gunshot suicides aren't conceivable, however, possible due to lack of lack of immediate incapacitation in rare case. This case is unbelievable. An Australian man committed suicide by shot in the chest with a shotgun, then in the head with a pistol, then in the throat with a shotgun and still hadn't died until a second shot to the chest with the shotgun.