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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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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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