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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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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