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 bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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