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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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