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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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    For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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    The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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    For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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    Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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    Why Do Old Books Have a Distinct Smell?
    The reason why old books have such a distinct smell is because hundreds of organic compounds in the pages break down over time and release chemicals that smell like almond, vanilla, and grass.
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    Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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    MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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