The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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