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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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