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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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