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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Your brain is 80% water.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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