A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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