Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.

"Q" is the only letter in the alphabet not appearing in the name of any U.S. state.

When Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen turned 18 in mid-2004, they took official control of a company worth more than the gross national product of Mongolia. Their earnings in 2003 topped $1 billion.

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